Day Names
The ancient tradition of day-naming -- choosing a name from the day of the week, the month, the season or holiday, or even a time of day -- feels fresh again now. Here, the most stylish examples of day names that could work as modern baby names, primarily for girls.
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Afternoon
An early day name, found on slave rolls, and worthy of consideration today for someone seeking a truly unusual name. Read More
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August
August has been heating up in Hollywood--used by Mariska Hargitay, Lena Olin and Jeanne Tripplehorn, (and by Garth Brooks for his daughter), and is rapidly becoming the preferred month of the year ... Read More
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Autumn
Crisp and colorful, Autumn is the most popular season name now -- the only one in the Top 100 in recent years -- with Autumn's coolness only surpassed by Winter. Read More
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Christmas
Christmas is a day name long and quietly used. Prettier and more modern than Noel or Noelle. Read More
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December
Cooler than April, May, or June, but also a tad icy. Read More
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Early
A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning. Read More
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Easter
Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years, as part of the day-naming tradition; now, this rarely heard holiday celebration name would make a novel choice for a springtime baby. Bac... Read More
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Evening
Though this feels like a new invention, people have used day names such as Morning and Afternoon for centuries -- and so why not Evening too? It's a lovely word with an evocative meaning and makes... Read More
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Holiday
Free and fun name if you don't want to be pinned down to Noelle, Pasqua, or Valentine. Read More
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January
If Afternoon, Early, Christmas, and October are now seen as conceivable choices, why not January? Hot actress January Jones on television's Mad Men makes it even more attractive. Read More
You might also like these lists:
- Two-Syllable Baby Names Includes: August
- Cool Vintage Baby Names Includes: August
- New Year's Baby Names Includes: January
- Spring Baby Names Includes: May, March, Easter, Spring
- Film Noir Baby Names Includes: Holiday
- Coolest Baby Names That Aren't Really Names Includes: Christmas, Easter, Afternoon, Early, November, December, Tuesday, Holiday
- Crazy Celebrity Baby Names Includes: Sunday
- Old Lady Names Includes: May
- Spiritual Baby Names Includes: Christmas, Easter
- There's Only One Oprah Includes: January, Tuesday
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